Improvement in machines for papering needles



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Letters Patent No. 105,313, dated July 12. 1870.

l rMPRovEMnNT IN MACHINES PoR PAPERING Nnnnnns.

y "The Schedule referred to :in these Letters Patent and making part of the Vsanne Be it known that I, GHAUNCY O. CROSBY, of Newv Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Gounecticut, have invented a new Improvement iu Machine for Papel-ing Needles; and `I do l'reby declare the following, when takeu in ciinection with the accompanying drawings and the letters -of reference marked thereon,` to 'be a full,` clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this spcci ficaton, land represent in- Figure 1, a side view; i i Figure 2, a front View, the feeding-rolls removed;V

Figure 4 to inclusive, detached views t-o illustrate the construction and operation of the machine.

This invention.relatestoa machine for arranging sewing-needles, the object of which isto place the.

`requisite number of needles into proper position in a `pieccot' fabricated` material preparatory to papering; and consist-s in `an automatic device, which delivers fromv theliopper the requisite quantity of needles, precents them in"a position. parallel toeach other, forces 4 them so arranged into a fabricated material, and de-` livers the needles thusarranged and stuck, from the umchine, in a condition to'be placed in papers.

Toenable others to `construct and use myv improves mental will fully describe the same as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings.

Before proceeding toa full description of the machine, I will describe the arrangement of the needles as they come from lthe machine, as shown infigs. 12, 13and 14.

1 isa strip of fabricated material through which the needles are inserted, 'so that thc center portion of the needles `are upon one side of the fabric, as seen in tig. 13, while the points and edges are nponthc other, and between thc center portion of the needles and Ifabric is placed a strip of paper, 2, denoted in blue,

lig.` 14, the-'fabric in red, the needle in black. The fabric is cutso as to `separate each set of needles;

' then the pa'per folded back over the central portion of the needles,as scen in fig. 15, by means of which `strip of paper the needles are gummed or secured to another strip of paperwhifch incloses the needles cntire. Y y y A A is the bedfplate, supporting in bearingsB adriving-shaft, O, caused tofrevolve `by the application of power thereto in any convenient manner.

D is a lfopper, arranged so as'to receive a quantity of needles, theneedles `placed therein the points all in onedirection;` y y In amachine constructed as in thcdrawing, the

points are fromthe driving-shaft.

' 1 Beneath the hopper are arranged two guides, a a, which said guides are respectively' operated through levers A1, by cams Non the driving-shaft, and above the said guides, at the mouth ofthe hopper, is arfreely from the hopper into the space between the Y two, yet the space so narrow that the needles are all kept in line 011e above the other.

The cnt-otd is arranged so as to cut oit` the column of needles when the requisite number has passed hetween the guides a; that is, as seen in fig. 4. The cnt-oli' opens from the column of needles to the guide, to permit the passage of the needles between the guides. to cut off the colnmn, as` seen in fig. 5, holding .the column above the cut-oil'. When the column is thus cnt off, as in iig. 5, the follower b advances, the frear of the guides being open, so as to permit the follower to pass a little way in between the guides, asseen 1u iig. 5, andiorce the needles forward from tlieguldcs,`

as denoted in red, fig. 5.

The points of the needles, in moving t-hisfshortdistance, enter the fabric, as more fully hereafter d e` scribed, thus sustaining and guiding the points while'. the eyes or heads are held in the follower byaigroove formed in the end of the follower for that purpose, `as seen in tig. 4; then, when the points and headsale` thus held, the guides open, as seen in fig. yx'andpermit the follower b to pass between and force the nec dlesinto thc fabric; then the followerretnrns, the

in iig. 11, the said slide operated by means of a cam,

I, through a lever, 1', the said guide 'i being arranged so that, when it is raised to the position in iig. 16, it will be in such relative position to the follower and the' needles between the jaws a, co that the needles will pass to one side of the said guide i, here represented as the lett-hand side, thc guide itself being as thin as conveniently may be.

Upon the frame infront of the guides c is arranged a slide, L, operated by a cam, F2, through a lever, Ff', so. as to move transversely in a line at llgllt angles to the path of the needles in their passage from the may chine.A

Upon the said slide L are arranged two wings, f, one upon either side, as seenin iig. l), the distance -between the twobeiug such as to allow the free passage of the guide t' up and down between the two, and opposite the said win gs is arranged a corresponding slide,`

Then the cut-oli` is forced in over theguides,` K

L, operated by a cam, L, through a level', L, so that,` i

when the said wings f are forced across to meet the said slide L, as seen in fig. 10, the two together form aclamp, for the purpose more fully hereafter described.

The fabric, running from the spool E, passes through a jaw, F, which is arranged so that, by the action of the cam Il", it will grasp the fabric, receiving from the said cam a reciprocating movement, and advance toward the machine, carrying with it the requisitcqnantity, as shown bythe two positions in fig. 9.

The fabric is passed into the machine and grasped Abetween the wings f and slide L, a's seen in fig. 10, and thence is carried to the feeding-rolls G, which are vin constant revolution, operating so as to draw the fabric from the machine when free. l

While the fabric is held as in fig. 10, the slide H rises, carrying the guide i between the wings j, back of the fabric.

Upon the said slide H is arranged a lever, l, which, when the slide H is down, is turned to the vposition denoted in red, tig. 11, so that, when the slide ascends, as from the position in fig. 1l to that in fig. 16, the said lever will pass up uponl the' opposite side ot' the fabric to theguide i, and, when it has thus passed up, an arm, l', of the lever l, strikes a pin, n, on the frame of the machine, which turns the said lever into the position denoted in fig. 16. At the same time the wings f are withdrawn, and the lever l draws the fabric around the guide i, as seen in fg.9, leavingaspace between the guide and the edge of the wings f, so that the needles, when they are forced forward, as before described, will enter the fabric and pass through the back ofthe guide I so as to inclose the guide between the needles and the fabric. rlhe guide i is then drawn down by the slide H, and with it the lever l; then the. jaw F advances, delivering more fabric, and that portion of' the fabric in which the needles have been stuck being free, is, by the revolution of the feedrolls G, drawn from the machine; then the wings f grasp the fabric against the slide L1, as' before, the jaw F returns and grasps the fabric in the rear, the guide fi, with the lever I, again rises, a second series of needles is delivered and stuck as before, and so on.

'.lo attach thepaper during the operation which I have justdescribed, I arrange a slide, N, operated through a lever, N', by a cam, N.

On," the said-slide N is arranged a jaw, 1', and a corresponding hinged jaw, s, (see figs. 7 and 8,) the said hinged jaw operated to open, to receive the paper through a lever, s, operated by afcam, s, bearing upon a lever, si, fixed to the movable jaw, as seen in fig. 7.

` In this position a strip of paper, denoted in blne,. passing through the guide M', is delivered into the said jaws, so that, when the said jaws descend, they carry with theniithe strip of paper, so as to carry the paper down between the fabric and the guide i.'

On the slide L, and mo'vingwith it, I arrange a cutter, t, and upon the slide L1 a corresponding cutter',- t', the two cutters acting as a shear, so that, after the paper has thus been drawn down and the wings f advance to close upon the fabric, the said cutters will cnt from the strip of' paper the length required. Thus cut, the paper is held by the jaws until the fabric is drawn back to the position in fig. 9, which binds the paper between the guide i and' the fabric; therefore, when the needles are stuck into the fabric, as before described, and tire guide withdrawn, the papel' is held between the needles and fabric, as denoted in fig. 12, and in this position the fabric, with the needles and paper, is drawn from the machine; then the fabric is cut and the paper folded, as before described.

I have represented the needles as delivered and stuck in a position one above the other, the fabric passing into the machine upon its edge; 'The position of the parts is not essential, as the needles may be delivered in any other position, and in substantially the same manner inserted into the fabric.

Having.r fully described'my invention,

What I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

D, jaws a a., and `the follower b, arranged so as to operate substantially in the manner set forth.

2. The gripingdevice r s and slide N, in combinatin with guide M'and cutters t t, substantially as dcscribed. v

3. The combination of the slide L with its wings f f, slide L, and guide t, substantially'as described.

4. The combination of the slide L with its wings f j, slide L, guide t', and lever l, operating together snbstantially'as set forth.

5. The slide L, with its wings f f, slide L and guide 4ri, combined with the feeding device lf, substantially as described.

6. In combination with the subject-matter` of fifth clause, the take-up rolls G G, operating substantially as specified.

C. O. CROSBY.

Witnesses A. J. Turnus, JOHN H. Snmrwav.

1. The cut-ofi` d, in combination with the hopper 

